Champioship Scoring Methods
All championship games are played in the form of a knockout competition.
Singles Championship
In a singles game, each opponent plays with four bowls. The game lasts until
one of the two opponents reaches a score of 25 shots. The winner of the singles
championship goes on to play the champions of other clubs in the Champion of Champions competition.
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Pairs Championship
In a pairs game, each player uses four bowls. The leads of each side will play two bowls,
and then the skips will then play two of their bowls. The process repeats itself until each player
has used all their four bowls. The game lasts for 15 ends, and the team with more shots at the end
wins. The pairs final is slightly longer than the preliminary games. It is 18 ends.
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Triples Championship
In a triples game, each player uses three bowls. They play in order lead, second and skip as they would
in a standard fours game. The game lasts for 15 ends, and the team with more shots at the end
wins. The pairs final is slightly longer than the preliminary games. It is 18 ends.
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President's Handicap Championship
This is a singles event where each player has to work off their handicap and then reach a score of 21
shots. Each opponent plays with four bowls. The handicaps range from a minimum of about three to a
maximum of 15. The highest handicap usually goes to the previous years club champion.
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100 Up Championship
This is a singles event where each player has to work off 2.5 times their handicap and then reach a
score of 100. The handicaps used are the same as the ones in the Presedent's Handicap. Unlike all the
other events, the 100 Up is scored in a completely different mannor. The four closest bowls to the jack
are scoring bowls in this event. The closest is worth 4 points, the 2nd worth 3 points, the 3rd worth 2
points and the 4th is worth 1 point. This means that a total of 10 points are split between the opponents
on each end.
Here are the winners of the championship events over the last few years.
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